Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-11-23
FEEDING THE ouTcAsTs.
.ossass Among London's Poor-Ths Little
wsifs Of Trafalgar Square.

wsifs Of Trafalgar Square.
An interesting scene lately took place
n Trafalgar square about O'Clock one
Saturday morning, when the poor out
casts congregated there to sleep were
eharitably fed with bread, and about
hfty Of the most forlorn boys among
them were taken away to the "Outcasts'
Haven" in Burdett road, Limehouse.
nY. Alfred Austin and other gentlemen
have been for some time past actively oc-
eupied in kidnapping, so to speak, the
niserable little waits that abound nightly
n the square and bearing them off to the
haven. They are, Of course, kept at the
home, which they are not allowed to
have until they have in their hands that
which will enable them TO get their own
living. The feeding of the outcasts, gen.
.rally, with bread was tried for the first
time Saturday. Some of them seemed to
be aware of what was going to take
place, and when a covered van, contain
ing about 800 loaves of bread, cut into
large pieces, was driven up TO the north
side Of the square, there was a general
sir, though many seemed too sleepy or
absorbed in their own wretchedness to
care to stir themselves. The majority,
however, reused themselves when they
found that something was going TO be
given away in the shape of food, and
crowded eagerly round the good Samari-
tan who had charge of the bread.
Some devoured it with avidity, others
ate it sullenly, few took it unthank-
fully, and, after q bite or two, thrust it
into their pockets, remarking: "lt'so only
bread" With many, however, there
was a general clamor for more, which
was at once given TO them. One of the
outcasts, little Irish woman, who
seemed TO be rather the worse for drink,
was particularly busy in rushing about
among the forlorn groups Of humanity
and denouncing them as ''humbugs."
In vain the good hurnored policemen told
her to keep quiet. She would not, and
when some Of the men crowded round
Mr.. Austin and told him how wretched
and hungry they were she shouted out:
''It's all plant! It's all plant! My
boy (whoever he was) knows 'em! He
sells matches with EN-! It's all plant!"
The bread having been distributed, Mr..
Austin and thuse with him, assisted by
the pslice and some of the outcasts them
selves. sought out the most wretched
boys and asked them if they would like
10 go where they would be made COM
Portable. "Nou go, said clean looking
lad, who had been taken to the haven
the previous night, and who looked all
the better for the change, to several of
the boys; tits fine. i can tell you."
Some did not want much persuasion,
but others seemed hardly to understand
what was going to he done with them,
and were apparently half afraid they
were going 10 be taken away TO be locked
up in the station house. Very soon,
however, there was a general clamor
Of Take me, master! Take me!
I'll go. Do take mel" But many
Of those who wanted to go were
Zoo old. "None over 49," said Mr.. Aus
Tin, upon which there was a general cry
from the rejected ones of II amt 10.
master. I'm only l5," or Il amt turned
IA, master" II was curious to note that
some of the outcasts never stirred at all
apparently too absorbed in their miser-
able contemplations TO take any interest
n what was going on.
At length the boys who were TO 60
were all got together, and move was
made toward the van, into which they
quickly climbed, laughing and talking
loudly among themselves, and apparently
delighted at the sudden change for the
better in their fortunes. Presently they
struck up singing Rule Britannia"
which, as the van was driven Off, changed
10 the music hall ditty Of For they re all
very fine and large. they're all very fine
and large" apparently in derision of the
rejected ones. who were too old or too big
10 be taken away, the old Irish woman
hanging on TO the last, and declaring that
Il was ''all plant" 1t was as much as
the horse could do to drag the van. so
:losely was il packed. A woman who
met the van as ii slowly moved Oft was
very indignant ut the horse having to
drag such load, and declared that il was
''cruelty 10 animals, and that she would
inform the police,-Iondin N News.